Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: Reference

Reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation

Method

Description:
Converts the reference to a stable String representation.

Remarks:
The stable representation can be used to preserve and restore the reference later in the same Revit session or even in a different session where the same document is present. Use ParseFromStableRepresentation(Document, String) to restore the reference. The representation is based on the internal Revit structure and is not intended to be parsed expect by ParseFromStableRepresentation(Document, String).

Syntax

public string ConvertToStableRepresentation(
	Document document
)

Public Function ConvertToStableRepresentation ( 
	document As Document
) As String

public:
String^ ConvertToStableRepresentation(
	Document^ document
)

member ConvertToStableRepresentation : 
        document : Document -> string

Examples

public string SerializeReference(Document doc, Reference reference)
{
    String ids = String.Empty;
    ids = reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation(doc);
    TaskDialog.Show("SerializeReference", "Representation:\n" + ids);
    return ids;
}

Public Function SerializeReference(doc As Document, reference As Reference) As String
    Dim ids As [String] = [String].Empty
    ids = reference.ConvertToStableRepresentation(doc)
    TaskDialog.Show("SerializeReference", "Representation:" & vbLf + ids)
    Return ids
End Function

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
document	Document	The document.

Return Value

String

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	document was.
InvalidObjectException	Reference contained element ids not found in this document.